With the NAMA Trends in Agriculture conference over I’ve made the permanent move to the Westin for the NAFB meeting. After a joint meeting with NAMA, the first session for NAFB was titled, “Staking Value, Lifting Tides.” Mike Adams, AgriTalk presided over the session which featured some of our good friends. You can see Bill Farmakis, J. L. Farmakis, Pat …
Get a Hat Like Ryan’s
The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council is inviting NAFB members to get a hat while they’re hot. The first 30 farm broadcasters who stop by the EPIC booth at the NAFB Trade Talk to do an interview will receive a limited edition Team Ethanol cap – just like the one Indy car driver Ryan Hunter-Reay is wearing in this photo …
Why Do You Attend Trends in Agriculture?
I would have had more posted from the NAMA Trends in Agriculture conference last night but we had major web server work being done. That’s my excuse. That’s all done with though so expect to see much more today here on AgWired. Let’s start with this. I asked some of the folks attending why they are here: trends-08-collage.mp3 And of …
Farm Safety Quiz at NAFB Trade Talk
NAFB Trade Talk is this Thursday. Cindy and I will be there with our golden ZimmComm microphones. There are a lot of organizations exhibiting again this year. Feel free to let me know what you’ve got planned and we’ll feature it here on AgWired. Let’s take the Progressive Agriculture Safety Day Program as an example. They’re doing a “Farm Safety …
Jennifer Saylor Joins NAFB Staff
The National Association of Farm Broadcasting has a new Member Services Manager. She’s Jennifer Saylor and you’ll get to meet her at this week’s NAFB convention. Jennifer’s previous experience includes donor development, event and database management, and marketing communications with the YMCA of Greater Kansas City. She also has participated in volunteer projects with the Kansas City Convention and Visitors …
Pioneer Corn Mikes
I thought this image of corn microphones from the Pioneer NAFB Trade Talk invitation was worth sharing. Pretty cool creative, eh? If you’re planning to attend the 2008 NAFB Convention, get your microphone and recorder ready, and stop by the Pioneer Hi-Bred Trade Talk booth. You’ll learn more about the latest from Pioneer and what is to come in 2009. …
Get Ready To Support NAFB Foundation
At next week’s NAFB convention you’ll have a chance to support the NAFB Foundation with their annual auction. They’ve got a lot of items already donated like this Terry Redlin print (donated by Ron Claussen). Here’s some information about it: This print was created in 1980. It is number 837 of 2400. Initially, this print was sold exclusively through Ducks …
NAFB at World Dairy Expo
Members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters posed for a photo at World Dairy Expo. This is in the room sponsored by the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board for their 2008 Talk Session. Basically, WMMB invites in a number of people who are available for interviews. I got several which will be featured in our Milking Parlor Podcast on World …
NAFB Foundation Tractors Available
If you’d like to help out the NAFB Foundation then place your order for a tractor. Joe Ertl has personally autographed each of the Massey Ferguson 1150 numbered 1/16 scale toy tractors for the NAFB. To make it a unique toy for the organization, Joe designed a replica of a tractor radio mounted to the fender. There are only 200 …
Monsanto Talks Sustainability
The recent surge in profitability within the agriculture sector is giving farmers and ag companies a bit of room to breath. But, Monsanto says, just a bit. Michael Doane, Monsanto’s Sustainability Team Lead says that with profitability comes responsibility: a responsibility for the agricultural climate of the future. There are big questions, Michael says, that begged to be asked, and, …